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Lodge at Glacier View, Alaska
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These photos are from our trip to Alaska, after we left Denali NP we drove to Glacier View Alaska. Our next two nights were at the Majestic Valley Wilderness Lodge.
1. Views from the lodge's balcony. At the end of our day sightseeing, the evening included a glass of wine while enjoying the view. We talked a bit with the chef and his dog sat nearby, the gardens and flowers were beautiful along with the mountain views.
The fireweed in Alaska and at the lodge looked beautiful.
2. The gardens and flowers were beautiful.
3. The Majestic Valley Wilderness Lodge.
During the winter, people who love to ski can fly right to this lodge, they use a helicopter to drop off skiers on the mountain top to do some extreme skiing.
4. There was a nice fire pit in the garden area.
5. We enjoyed a breakfast buffet one morning, below are some photos of the dining room and lodge.
6. The Gray Jay or is it called the Canada Jay now? We saw a few of these birds in the trees close to the lodge.
7. We took a morning walk before breakfast, below it seemed like mostly Sparrows were being seen. The top left possible Lincoln Sparrow and the middle and top right are the White-crowned Sparrows. My one lifer that I saw but could not get a photo of was the Boreal Chickadee.
Below is a view of the Matanuska Glacier, this view was right off the Glenn Hwy and close to our lodge.
8. Off the highway we saw a small pond with lots of ducks. It looked like most were the female and young Greater Scaup.
There were a few young Scaup, I assume they are also the Greater Scaup.
Hubby and I did some skywatching in the evening on the lodge's balcony.
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"Believe you can and you're halfway there."
Glenn Hwy, on the road to Glacier View, Alaska
"Think big. Trust yourself and make it happen."
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Aug 21-22, Hubby and I enjoyed a little getaway to Delaware, the main reason was birdwatching of course. What else? I read on facebook that there were some Black-bellied Whistling Ducks hanging out on a little neighborhood pond in Clayton Delaware which is only minutes from my favorite Bombay Hook wildlife refuge. I have loved these cute ducks ever since Tex Girl and her blog Run*A*Ranch introduced them on her blog. I think my first sighting of these cute ducks was in Florida.
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1. The Black-bellied Whistling Ducks seemed to have made this pond their home for the summer. They even had some ducklings, you can see in the top right image in the mosaic below.
2. A good sized group of Black-bellied Whistling ducks with some Canada Geese and a few Mallards.
3. The ducklings are growing fast but the adult Black-bellied Whistling duck is staying close by.
4. Other birds in the little pond were the Canada Geese, Mallards and a Great Blue Heron.
5. I believe these two ducks below are the American Black Ducks.
6. Another shot of my favorite Whistling Ducks with the Mallard and Canada Geese.
7. This Black-bellied Whistling Duck seems to be albe to sleep standing up.
8. Another cute Black-bellied Whistling Duck.
9. Another shot of the Black-bellied Whistling ducklings.
10. A Great Blue Heron just walking by!
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"If you never go, you will never know." "Travel, before you run out of time."
Matanuska Glacier, Glenn Hwy, Glacier View, Alaska.
"The more grateful I am, the more beauty I see."
"We take photos as a return ticket to a moment otherwise gone."
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